New Caprica Showrunner + New Poster

Kevin Murphy has been tapped to serve as showrunner on Caprica, Syfy’s upcoming Battlestar Galactica prequel series. Murphy originally joined the show in October as a co-executive producer to work on the second half of the show’ first-season order. Now in his expanded role, he’ll work alongside executive producer Ron Moore, David Eick and Jane Espenson serving as the day-to-day showrunner, overseeing the writers’ room.

Caprica premieres on Syfy on January 22, 2010. In the meantime, check out this brand new poster featuring actress Alessandra Torresani (who plays the character Zoe Graystone). The full poster is viewable after the jump.